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Top 10 Smartest and Dumbest Dog Breeds
CBS4.com ^ | 4/7/08

Posted on 04/28/2008 1:05:46 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks

The CBS "Early Show" ran a story this week about dogs and their intelligence, or lack thereof. In the story, they shared their list of the top 10 smartest and top 10 dumbest dog breeds. These were their picks.

#10 Dumbest: The Basset Hound may be so sad-eyed because it was ranked the tenth least intelligent dog breed.

2 of 20 : #10 Smartest: The immensely trainable Australian Cattle Dog was called the tenth smartest breed.

3 of 20 : #9 Dumbest: Don't tell the Westminster Kennel Club, but Uno, the beagle who won their 131st annual dog show, belongs to the ninth least intelligent dog breed.

4 of 20 : #9 Smartest: The Rottweiler was called the ninth smartest breed. This one looks a tad surprised by the ranking.

5 of 20 : #8 Dumbest: This Mastiff hangs its head in shame over being ranked the eighth least intelligent dog breed.

6 of 20 : #8 Smartest: The Papillon, ranked eighth smartest, floats like a butterfly and knows its ABC's.

7 of 20 : #7 Dumbest: The Pekingese is more famous for its "dustmop" look when groomed correctly. This one must be getting a haircut to avoid being associated with the seventh stupidest dog breed.

8 of 20 : #7 Smartest: The most popular dog breed in the nation is also the seventh smartest: the Labrador Retriever.

9 of 20 : #6 Dumbest: We know the Bloodhound has a brain somewhere beneath all those lovable wrinkles, but the "Early Show" rankings had them pulling sixth among the dumbest breeds.

10 of 20 : #6 Smartest: The Shetland Sheepdog's agility, as shown here, helped it rank sixth smartest.

11 of 20 : #5 Dumbest: Borzois are considered the fifth least intelligent dogs.

12 of 20 : #5 Smartest: The Doberman Pinscher's intelligence is on full display here on a rescue mission.

13 of 20 : #4 Dumbest: This Chow Chow can live with being considered the fourth least intelligent breed, so long as you keep its hair nice and fluffy.

14 of 20 : #4 Smartest: Golden Retrievers were fourth on the list of smart dogs.

15 of 20 : #3 Dumbest: The Bulldog was rated the third stupidest dog breed.

16 of 20 : #3 Smartest: Loyal workhorses, the German Shepherds were ranked as the third smartest breed.

17 of 20 : #2 Dumbest: The Basenji is considered the second least intelligent dog breed, but hey, it could be worse.

18 of 20 : #2 Smartest: Love 'em or hate 'em, Poodles were ranked as the second smartest dog breed out there.

19 of 20 : #1 Dumbest: Stylish and mysteriously ancient, the Afghan Hound nonetheless merits the dubious honor of being ranked the single least intelligent dog breed.

20 of 20 : #1 Smartest: The Border Collie was ranked the single smartest dog breed. Do you think this one looks just a little bit proud of it?


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: doggieping; dogs; topten
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To: Red Badger

My older boy is a lab/chow and has always been smart. He would have never made a good police dog or working dog but smart in ways that he knows alot of words and is good at reading my body language. He’s old and set in his ways now. He gets grumpy if his routine is changed...

The lab/beagle 1yearold is just plain goofy. I would’t say he’s dumb because he already knows alot of words and is obedient but GOOFY.


61 posted on 04/28/2008 1:33:40 PM PDT by envisio (If you ain't laughin yet... you ain't seen me naked. 8^O)
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To: TChad

lol.

Had a dog like that once. He taught me how to drag my butt across the livingroom carpet. That always went over well. :-)


62 posted on 04/28/2008 1:33:58 PM PDT by vietvet67
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To: Clint N. Suhks

“Free Cat”

LOL


63 posted on 04/28/2008 1:34:52 PM PDT by VA Voter
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To: wordsofearnest
Cats have staff.

Like a saying I saw the other day,

"Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped as gods. They still remember that."

64 posted on 04/28/2008 1:35:32 PM PDT by OB1kNOb ("We like Mr. Obama and we hope he will win the election." - Ahmed Yousef, Hamas PM advisor)
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To: MrB
One of them died and the other didn’t notice.

That cracked me up. Dumb dog.

65 posted on 04/28/2008 1:36:07 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Clint N. Suhks
My Mountain Feist & American Eskimo are pretty smart, but not on either list.

Googled pictures - not actual pictures of my dogs

66 posted on 04/28/2008 1:36:18 PM PDT by flutters (God Bless The USA)
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To: VA Voter
My experience with Irish Setters is the same as yours.

Dumber than a box of rocks, but they sure are perdy!

67 posted on 04/28/2008 1:36:44 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (In small-town Pennsylvania, bitter ignorant anti-immigrant rednecks cling to guns & religion...BO)
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To: bpjam

Poodles probably hate the foo foo thing too. I knew a herd of standard black untrimmed poodles who lived at a dude ranch we went to for years who were the most delightful intelligent companion animals you could ever want to meet.

I think my Cardigan Welsh Corgi was the smartest dog in the world.


68 posted on 04/28/2008 1:38:02 PM PDT by Veto! (OpiniChowons freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Lizavetta
I've owned Bullmastiff’s, Labs, Dachshunds,Schnauzers & Mutts.One of my Labs was as dumb as a box of rocks & the smartest was my Bullmastiff female by a hair over my Doxie & Schnauzer females.Males are like perpetual teenage boys driven by food & hormones which overpowers any brain function they may have.
69 posted on 04/28/2008 1:38:09 PM PDT by Apercu ("A man's character is his fate" - Heraclitus)
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To: VA Voter
I am shocked, shocked that the Setter didn’t make the bottom 10 dumbest.

I have known an Irish Setter to chase the spot illuminated by a flashlight beam in a dark room. If you moved the light around, he would chase it.

Another Setter chewed up a boat model I made as a kid, using glue and flat toothpicks. I spent maybe twelve hours on that thing. It was nothing but white glue and toothpicks. He thought it was food.

As an intelligent dog, the Irish Setter is very pretty.

BTW, the Poodles are really smart.

Yes. Some of them seem too smart to be dogs.

70 posted on 04/28/2008 1:38:12 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Red Badger

OMG!! Surely this has got to be the LAUGH of the day!!!....ROTFLMAO!


71 posted on 04/28/2008 1:38:25 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Paladin2; envisio

My lab will fetch a ball and stuff like that. But when feeding time comes, he’ll get the little football in his mouth and stand in front of the dog food and whine and look at me then back at the food, because it takes him a few minutes to figure out that he has to put the football down before he can get food in his mouth!.............


72 posted on 04/28/2008 1:38:29 PM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: TChad
Now that was funny!

I wonder why they don't run that very often?

73 posted on 04/28/2008 1:38:34 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (In small-town Pennsylvania, bitter ignorant anti-immigrant rednecks cling to guns & religion...BO)
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To: Clint N. Suhks
LOL DOGS: I HAS A HOTDOG
74 posted on 04/28/2008 1:39:09 PM PDT by envisio (If you ain't laughin yet... you ain't seen me naked. 8^O)
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To: freepertoo

Mine either. He’s not dumb, but I certainly wouldn’t rate him near the top for smarts.


75 posted on 04/28/2008 1:39:44 PM PDT by Vermonter
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To: VA Voter
After 3 Irish Setters and 2 Standard Poodles, I am shocked, shocked that the Setter didn’t make the bottom 10 dumbest. Does anyone know where the Setter ranks?

Based on the ones we had when I was growing up, Irish Setters come in as the #1 Silliest dogs.

76 posted on 04/28/2008 1:40:39 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: Clint N. Suhks
We have a rescue dog that looks like part Border Collie. He's a lover but can't say he's necessarily the smartest thing in the world. He is a hoot to watch in action as he wants his people both in the same place at the same time. He goes to a lot of trouble trying to arrange that to happen.

He, and our female Springer Spaniel took off yesterday and were gone six hours. He was clearly traumatized by the ordeal as when we found them, he jumped in the car whining.

77 posted on 04/28/2008 1:41:13 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: DManA
re: My mutt has tricked me into feeding him and walking behind him picking up his crap. That makes him slightly smarter than me.)))

LOL!!

78 posted on 04/28/2008 1:41:17 PM PDT by Mamzelle (Time for Conservatives to go Free Agent)
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To: Clint N. Suhks
Smartest Dog Ever.

Aussi Shepherd.....


79 posted on 04/28/2008 1:42:12 PM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: savedbygrace
So, within a breed, there can be large variance in intelligence.

Oh that's for sure. My experience with Goldens are at the field trials I ran my Chesapeake Retriever in and they were very far and few between as were Chessy's. Labs rule in those events for sure.

80 posted on 04/28/2008 1:42:20 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (In small-town Pennsylvania, bitter ignorant anti-immigrant rednecks cling to guns & religion...BO)
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